Improvement in bee-hives



` To all whom it may concern teniet ferme f @ma eine;

H. arcieri;y 0F LAVANsviLLE,PENNSYLVANIA? i n Letters PatentrNo. 95,100, lated September 21,- 1869; 'afnftedated September 8', 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N BEE-Hives.

Be it known that I, H. H. Fmclgof Lavansville, county -of Somerset, andvSt-ate of Pennsylvania, have l invented a new and useful Improvement in `Bee-Hives; `and `Ido hereby declare that the following is a clear,

full, and exact description thereof; reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichy Figure 1 is a perspective view. p f

Figure 2.is1a' vertical sectionfthrough the main hive .andfthe side boxes. t'

p, Figure 3 is a perspective view of' the double frame. y Figure'l is a. perspective view of the .moth-trap,

bottom side up. p To `enable others skilled inthe artto make and use `mylinventon, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

, The main hive, A, is placed upon ahollow platform, .A B; -In\the -top of the platform B are'openings,t.

Under these openings, inside oithe.hollowfpiatform,

are drawers, D, which have,`in their.sides,'one or more.A openings, b.- Between `the. drawers Dare placed theA moth-trapsE. On the sides of the main hive A. are placed the honey-boxes C, inside of which isplaced the desired' number` of frames F, which aremade double, that` is, one :inside`of another. Between the` hive A and boxes C, are openings, c, in which are slides, d. The `entrance for the `bees is at the bottom `of one. side` ofthe hive A.

` The moth-trap E is made of a solid'vpiece, with grooves, of any de'sircd form,`cut in the under side, as

` The beesenter t-he boxes C through the' openings c,

` whichcan' be opened or shut at pleasure, by means of the slides d. v l

When theframes F are filled with 11oney, they can be removed from the box (lby removing the top of the box, andthe inside frame is then removed from the outer one, and' another one pnt in its place, and the `frame then returnedto the box C. y 'The openings a, in the top of the platform B, arc` to allow the dirt, deadbees, &c., to fall from the hive into the drawers D, which can be removed at pleasure. The moths will take shelter in the groovesin the trap E, which can be drawn out at any time, by which operation the mothsA 'will be removed from the hives, and

a can-then `be destroyed.'

, The openings b, in the sides of.' the drawers'D, are for the purpose of allowingr the -mothsor grub to get linto the traps E.

`I donot claim, broadly, the construction 'of double `and arrangedas herein shown and described.

2. Thelv combination of the moth-'trap E with the base B, having the door B', ivhcuarranged in the man ner and for the purpose li'crcin shown and described.

, H. H'. FLICK.

Witnesses:

.l'. O. Kunnen, MAHnoN Minnen. 

